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    Spiritually Fit: God's Workout for You
    Spiritually Fit: God's Workout for You
    Spiritually Fit: God's Workout for You
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    Spiritually Fit: God's Workout for You

    By Janice M. Gibson

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    Strong spirits overcome. Scrawny spirits are overwhelmed. Strong spirits stand steady in any waters. Scrawny spirits ride the waves of inconsistency. Strong spirits breathe with satisfaction and fulfillment. Scrawny spirits pine for rejuvenation.

    Just as our bodies need exercise to stay in strong physical shape, our souls need spiritual exercise to stay in top-working condition. Keep your soul in shape with these thought-provoking spiritual exercises based on Psalm 105, designed to fit into your daily routines. Youll build a stronger spirit and move closer to Gods perfect plan for you. Get spiritually fit!

    And how do you benefit if you gain the whole world, but lose your soul in the process? Is anything worth more than your soul? Matthew 16:26

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateOct 21, 2011
    ISBN9781449721534
    Spiritually Fit: God's Workout for You
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    Janice M. Gibson

    Janice Gibson has taught elementary school for over 20 years, but she has been a writer much longer than that. She says, “For me, writing connects my head with my heart and gives me a place to record the everyday moments and learnings that form my life.” Janice was pleased to incorporate her love of writing with her quest for spiritual growth in this project. Janice lives in Aurora, Colorado with her musician husband, Greg, and her teenage daughter, Leah.

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      Spiritually Fit - Janice M. Gibson

      Copyright © 2011 Janice M. Gibson.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-2152-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-2153-4 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011911785

      WestBow Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

      WestBow Press

      A Division of Thomas Nelson

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.westbowpress.com

      1-(866) 928-1240

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked NRSV are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked LB are taken from the Living Bible.

      Printed in the United States of America

      WestBow Press rev. date: 10/19/2011

      Contents

      chapter 1

      chapter 2

      chapter 3

      chapter 4

      chapter 5

      chapter 6

      chapter 7

      chapter 8

      chapter 9

      chapter 10

      About the Author

      Endnotes

      To Mom and Dad

      Thanks for hanging my writing on the refrigerator and having lots of paper around the house for me to write on!

      To Greg and Leah

      Thank you for your constant support and encouragement in this project and in my life.

      chapter 1

      The Diagnosis

      Imagine for a moment that instead of seeing our doctors every year for a physical exam, we scheduled an appointment with God, the Great Physician, and he gave us a spiritual exam.

      What if instead of measuring our blood pressure to see how well our blood was flowing, he measured our Love Pressure to see how much love was flowing from our hearts? Would he find love pouring freely from every vein and capillary or would he find our love clogged by indifference, jealousy or selfishness?

      What if instead of looking inside our ears with a light, he looked straight through to our minds? Would he find clear-thinking minds, making productive decisions or minds muddled and confused, not knowing which way to go next?

      What if instead of listening to our heartbeats with a stethoscope, he listened directly to our souls? What would he hear? Would they beat strongly with assurance or tap out a weak tremor here and there?

      This illustration may seem extreme, but I think most of us can admit that we fall somewhere in between a strong healthy spirit and a spirit in need of some attention. The circumstances we live out each day can cause our spirits to be stomped on, tossed around and wrung out like an old washcloth. We are left frail and helpless. Or are we?

      Let’s look more closely at our Creator’s model of a healthy spirit. God created us in his image, which means we possess his power within us. Remember that God’s first and greatest commandment to us, You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your strength (Deuteronomy 6:4 NLT) tells us that we have strength! And this isn’t just a strength that pushes you up a hill; you’ll go up the hill, around the corner, over bumps, across valleys, down crowded roads, through darkened lanes and still have power leftover. Our Maker presents us with the potential to be strong in him and to live out abundance through him. So why do we end up feeling so powerless at times? Our diagnosis may be something referred to as a scrawny spirit.

      A scrawny spirit feels like a fraction of God’s plan for us. Strong spirits overcome. Scrawny spirits are overwhelmed. Strong spirits stand steady in any waters. Scrawny spirits ride the waves of inconsistency; sometimes easily soaring on the crest of the wave and sometimes swimming frantically to reach shore. Strong spirits breathe with satisfaction and fulfillment. Scrawny spirits pine for rejuvenation.

      I can never forget Madison, a sweet first grader, whose wide brown eyes

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